Puzzle.



No. 638,39I. 'Patented Dec. 5, |899 W. HAZELL.

PUZZLE.

(Application filed Get. 6, 1899.) (No Model.)

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ILLIAM I-IAZELL, OF BELOIT, VISCONSIN.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,391, dated December5, 1899.

Application filed October 6, 1899. Serial No. 732,795. (No model- To @ZZwhom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM HAzELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 1068 Church street, Beloit, in the county of Rook andState of `Nisconsin, have invented a new and useful Puzzle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to puzzles in general, and more particularly tothat class comprising a board or box having aV number of movable objectshaving a specified arrangement and which are adapted to be reversed intheir arrangement by successive movements in a restricted path.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and simple form ofpuzzle which will afford amusement and which will involve that amount ofdifiiculty to solve to makeit entertaining.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichsimilar numerals of reference designate like and corresponding parts inboth views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the board or box andthe movable members in their first position. Fig. 2 is a view similar toFig. 1 and showing the positions of the objects after the puzzle hasbeen solved.

Referring now to the drawings, the board or box employed consists of abottom portion 5, having raised sides 6 and 7 and raised ends 8 and 9.One end of this box has its sides parallel, this parallel portionextending throughout one-half the length rof the box, from which pointthe box tapers, the tapered end of the box or the inclosure of thetapered end of the box being somewhat less than onehalf the width of themajor portion of the box. Longitudinally of the major portion of the boxis arranged or formed an upwardlyextending rib 10, which divides thismajor portion into two passage-ways 11 and 12, each of which has a widthsubstantially equal to the width of the minor end of the taperedpassage-way 13 of the tapered portion of the box.

Arranged in each passage-way 11 and 12 is a plurality of blocks l5 and16, respectively representing railway-cars, and at one end of eachseries is arranged a peculiarly-marked block 17 and 18 to represent anengine, and at the opposite end of each seriesis a secondpeculiarly-marked block 19 and 20, respectively to represent a caboose.In-the present instance the engines are distinguished by the letter Eand the cabooses by the letter C. The blocks 15 arealso distinguishedfrom the blocks 16 by means of cross-marks, as shown, though it may bedone in any other manner, to distinguish the blocks of one series fromthose of the other, similar cross-marks being placed also upon theblocks 17 and 19.

In solving this puzzle the cars or blocks at one side of the rib orpartition 10 are to be moved to the other side of the partition and withthe cars, the engines, and the cabooses reversed. This is accomplished-by manipulation of the blocksbackwardly and forwardly in the passages11, 12, and 13, the width of lthe major portion of the passage 13permitting the blocks to be reversed.

It will of course be understood that in practice the blocks may have anyspecic shape which will preclude adjustment of them with'- in thepassages 11 and 12 and that any desired materials maybe employed for thedifferent parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1. A box having raised edges and comprising` a major rectangular portionand a minor tapered portion, a central longitudinal partition in themajor portion forming two pas-v sages, each of which has a widthsubstantially equal to the minor end of the passage formed by thetapered portion of the box, and a plurality of movable objects withinthe box.

2. A puzzle comprisingaboxhavinga major rectangular portion providedwith a central longitudinal partition, resulting in the formation of twopassages, said box having also a minor tapered portion inclosing atapered passage, the width of the minor end of which is equal to thewidth of each of the iirst-named passages,and a plurality of rectangularblocks within the box and movable longitudinally of the passages, saidblocks being rotatable in the major portion of the tapered passage only.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

1WILLIAM HAZELL. l

Witnesses:

1. E. GooDALL, J. R. BoorH.

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